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Offline bluo

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Brake calipers Protection / Clean
« on: July 18, 2014, 10:04:51 am »
Hi all,

Any advice on protection for factory painted brake calipers?

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Re: Brake CALIPERs Protection / Clean
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2014, 10:15:21 am »
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Re: Brake CALIPERs Protection / Clean
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2014, 07:16:56 am »
When I got my Gti mine were pitted and pink, I cleaned them with a good stiff brush and some wheel cleaner then used some red turtlewax/t-cut colour restorer I had lying around, coat of AG SRP, then waxed them. They stayed brilliant red for the rest of the time I had the car and needed nothing more than a jet wash through the wheels to keep them looking great.
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Re: Brake CALIPERs Protection / Clean
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2014, 09:45:27 am »
............& regular washing & cleaning. :happy2:
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Re: Brake CALIPERs Protection / Clean
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2014, 05:28:09 pm »
I used brake cleaner to get the worst, then wheel cleaner, i then put a layer of wax over it to act as a seal(not sure it it helped or not) so now everytime I was the car I spray some brake cleaner on it :happy2: